I have a simple action that searches YouTube, and another that searches JustWatch. I want one action that does both. If I add two URL steps to the same action, it works great in macOS (i.e. opens a Safari tab for each search), but in iOS only the first step works, i.e. it’ll open a tab with the YouTube search, but then stops. I want it to open an additional tab with the JustWatch search. Can anyone suggest a workaround, or clarify the issue here?
That is not directly possible on iOS. This is a system limitation that only allows an app to open an external URL when the app is in the forground. Since opening the first URL results in leaving the app, the system will error trying to open the second in the background.
Shortcuts has an Open URL action that is not subject to this limitation, because, I guess, Apple lets themselves do more fun stuff with their own apps…so you could create a shortcut that takes URLs as input and opens them in Safari and call it from Drafts.
Ok! Thank you and good to know—saves me any (more) time hunting for solutions. I’ll try the Shortcuts approach.